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The cciMB 2018 Festival is thrilled to present a concert by Duo Melis on Sunday 29 April 2018 at the CRR de Paris. Regarded as one of the world’s leading guitar duos, Spanish guitarist Susana Prieto and Greek guitarist Alexis Muzurakis will perform a varied and compelling program featuring works by Domenico Scarlatti, Antoine de Lhoyer, Enrique Granados, Joaquín Rodrigo, Nikolai Kapustin and Astor Piazzolla.

François Salque, cellist chair at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSDMP) and the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU), is joining the cciMB 2018 Jury for the final round on 2 May 2018. Acclaimed for his profound musical thinking and phenomenal technique, François has already performed as a soloist and as chamber musician in over fifty countries with some of the world’s most renowned artists (Jean-Claude Pennetier, Alexandre Tharaud, Michel Portal, Paul Meyer, among others). Together with Pierre Fouchenneret (violin), Sarah Nemtanu (violin) and Lise Berthaud (alto violin) he founded the Quatuor Strada string quartet which is scheduled to perform a concert accompanying cciMB 2013 winner Emanuele Buono on 30 April 2018 at the Trianon Palace Versailles.

We are pleased to announce our new partner Musiques à Versailles, organiser of a celebrated concert series and other cultural events that take place in the beautiful, historical buildings of Versailles, like the Trianon Palace Versailles, Cathédrale Saint Louis, Théàtre Montansier, Synagogue de Versailles and the Salons de l’Hôtel de Ville. On 30 April 2018, as part of the cciMB 2018 Festival, Musiques à Versailles will host cciMB 2013 winner Emanuele Buono and string quartet Quatuor Strada for a concert at the Trianon Palace Versailles.

Congratulations to the semifinalists of the cciMB 2018! With so many excellent guitarists participating, the Jury had a challenging job coming to a final decision. We would like to thank all participants for sharing with us their wonderful performances.

The fourth edition of the cciMB 2018 breaks a record with 45 entries coming from all over the world: Argentina, Canada, USA, Thailand, Iran, Israel, France, Italy and Norway, and Russia to name a few. A big thanks to all participants for their hard work preparing the video registration for the preliminary round. The Jury is now facing the difficult task to decide who is going to proceed to the semifinal round, to be held fom 27 April to 2 May 2018, at the CRR de Paris, France. A shortlist of at least 12 semifinalists will be announced around 15 December. Good luck everyone!

The deadline of application for the cciMB 2018 at the CRR de Paris, France, has been postponed to November 19th, to allow participants more time to prepare their video recording for the preliminary round. However, we recommend participants to e-mail their application form and supporting documents as soon as possible. For further information on the application procedure check out the Rules and Regulations or write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Scores for two pieces that premiered at the cciMB 2016 (San Francisco Conservatory of Music) have been published by the Canadian publisher Les Productions d’Oz: Nazcan (2015) for eight guitars and two narrators (Spanish, English) by Javier Farías and Imbricatta (2015) for solo guitar by Sergio Assad (cciMB2016 commissioned composition). Les Productions d’Oz has kindly offered to make the score for Imbricatta available to all cciMB 2018 participants upon completion of their application.